Television: Review

Omnibus: He was a cathedral of tics. As his Boswell put it: "He had on a
little old shriveled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head;
the knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted stockings ill
drawn up ... But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the
moment that he began to talk." It was from that shining moment in
English letters, when James Boswell first came upon Dr. Sam Johnson,
that Author James (Career) Lee's mannered and meticulous TV adaptation
of The Life of Samuel Johnson really caught fire....